Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka
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@Cyclops said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@Virgil said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
9/2 already
Over by lunchtime tomorrowOptimistic! Might not even get to stumps the way Boult is bowling.
Careful fellas. Similar bold predictions were thrown around last test before they dug in and saved it.
Mind you two whole days looks a bridge way too far.
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@Donsteppa said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
Quite the change from mid-afternoon on Boxing Day...!!
Let’s hope that on Sunday we’re not saying, ‘quite the change from mid-afternoon on the 28th’.....
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@Virgil said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
9/2 already
Over by lunchtime tomorrow@Virgil said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
9/2 already
Over by lunchtime tomorrowNailed it.
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Sitting relaxing and watching with my oldest son, I was about his age when I got info cricket in a big way and this current BC team has enough heroes to get him excited if I teach him right.
He's taken a particular liking to Wagner cos he bowls fast and is left handed like Dad.
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@MN5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
Sitting relaxing and watching with my oldest son, I was about his age when I got info cricket in a big way and this current BC team has enough heroes to get him excited if I teach him right.
He's taken a particular liking to Wagner cos he bowls fast and is left handed like Dad.
You don't think Shayne O'Connor or Murphy Su'a would have had the same appeal back in the day?
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@rotated said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@MN5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
Sitting relaxing and watching with my oldest son, I was about his age when I got info cricket in a big way and this current BC team has enough heroes to get him excited if I teach him right.
He's taken a particular liking to Wagner cos he bowls fast and is left handed like Dad.
You don't think Shayne O'Connor or Murphy Su'a would have had the same appeal back in the day?
Luckily for me Paddles was at his peak when I started watching seriously.
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@Chris-B said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
Should give Patel a go against Matthews now - get him stretching that hamstring!
Kane needs to bowl more, I understand his gunshyness with the whole chucking thing but without Guppy there really isn't an effective out of the box option.
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@rotated said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@Chris-B said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
Should give Patel a go against Matthews now - get him stretching that hamstring!
Kane needs to bowl more, I understand his gunshyness with the whole chucking thing but without Guppy there really isn't an effective out of the box option.
Barring a catastrophic loss of form he will retire our best batsman ever. He's also a reasonably ok spinner. Who cares if he's called for chucking every now and again? Surely he realises he's carrying the team as much as Paddles in his pomp?
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Today again highlighted the limitations of the NZ attack. Without overhead conditions against a team with composure and we are limited to whatever Wagner can squeeze out.
The de Grandhomme and Patel slots simply need to bowl more direct and produce more wickets even if more expensive. At home it is worth thinking of punting the spinner at this point I reckon if you have a guy like Henry carrying the drinks.
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@MN5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@rotated said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@Chris-B said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
Should give Patel a go against Matthews now - get him stretching that hamstring!
Kane needs to bowl more, I understand his gunshyness with the whole chucking thing but without Guppy there really isn't an effective out of the box option.
Barring a catastrophic loss of form he will retire our best batsman ever. He's also a reasonably ok spinner. Who cares if he's called for chucking every now and again? Surely he realises he's carrying the team as much as Paddles in his pomp?
I have absolutely no concern about it, his action is remediated and was used effectively in county cricket with no issues. We need a second spinner and Kane was a very effective tweaker earlier in his career - on a day like today I would have been surprised if he (or a guy like Guppy) farted out some wickets.
